Felt boot



(N0 H. W. HATHORN.

FELT BOOT.

No. 384,155. Patented June 5, 1888.

WITNESSES, V IJVTVENTOR' N5 PtJERi munla m. Wahinghn. o c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. HATHORN, OF CLEAR LAKE, IOWA.

FELT BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,155, dated June 5,1888.

Applicationfiled February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263,859. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. HATHORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clear Lake, in the county of Gerro Gordo and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forRemoving Felt Boots of which the following is a full and cleardescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specification, in which the figure represents a perspectiveview of a felt boot having my improvement applied.

This invention relates to certain devices applied to the leg portions offelt boots whereby the same may be readily removed from the foot; andthe invention consists in a strap or loop secured at one end to the legof the boot, near the lower portion, and a pocket or recep-- tacle onthe heel portion, into which the loop or free end of the strap may beinserted, as I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow describe the same and indicate the manner in which I carry it out.

In the said drawing, A represents any wellknown form of felt boot, and Brepresents a strap secured near the rear lower portion of its leg, andhaving its lower end free and forming a loop, a, by means of which theboot may be readily drawn from the foot.

In order that the looped or free end of the strap may be held so that itwill not serve as an obstruction to the wearer in putting on theovershoe or otherwise, I secure upon the heel portion of the boot apocket or receptacle, 0, into which the free end of the strap may beinserted when the boot is off the foot.

When the wearer wishes to remove the boot, the free end of the strap ispulled out of its pocket or receptacle and the finger or thumb insertedin the loop. A pull upon the boot will now readily remove it from thefoot.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a felt boot having a strap or loop by which it maybe removed, of a pocket or receptacle into which the free end of thestrap or loop may be inserted, substau- 5o tially as described.

HENRY. w. HATHORN.

Witnesses:

K. KNUDSON, I. W. WILsoN.

